PHOTOS: Vandalism at 'Iolani Palace

PHOTOS: Vandalism at 'Iolani Palace

An original glass window more than 130 years old is destroyed at the 'Iolani Palace.

A couple was arrested after allegedly kicking in the glass. The tint on the window kept the glass from falling, but the door popped open.

Now, it's a boarded up door.

It's a very visible reminder of a palace break-in over the weekend.

"The fact that our three guards were on this immediately once the front door was breached, the alarm sounded. They followed their emergency procedures, isolated the couple very quickly and got them out of the palace as soon as possible," said 'Iolani Palace Executive Director Kippen de Alba Chu.

On an adjacent door, you can faintly see what palace officials believe...

... one of the suspect's footprints.

It is believed that the suspects tried to kick in this window first, but it didn't break. That's because it was replaced 30 years ago in a previous act of vandalism.

The security we see today at the palace is because of the 1984 incident.

Here's a photo from the 1984 break-in.

"We can't put bars on the windows. It wouldn't look like 'Iolani Palace and that's not what King Kalakaua wanted," said de Alba Chu.

In 1984, an international search for a window replacement took nearly four years.